The Theme of Women’s Emancipation in Contemporary Korean Female Prose
The Theme of Women’s Emancipation in Contemporary Korean Female Prose

Summary/Abstract: Contemporary Korean literature and women’s prose gain increasing popularity both among the readership outside the Korean peninsula and the foreign researchers of Korean studies. The concept of “women’s literature” and “women’s prose” are relevant not only in modern Korean literature, but also in the literature of other countries; it occupies one of the most important places. Tracing the history of the growth of self-awareness of a Korean woman, we clearly realize what a difficult path the “new” woman had to go through in order to attain emancipation. The Republic of Korea is the country of Confucian ethics, hence, it was determined to uphold the pronounced patriarchal nature of organization in society.

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